SHORT... BUT OH SO SWEET ITALIAN cruise line MSC Cruises is offering its four-night spring cruise from £449 per person. Departing Genoa on April 19 on the MSC Armonia, the cruise will visit Naples, Dubrovnik and Venice. Price includes return flights, full board accommodation, taxes and transfers. Call 020 7637 2525 or visit www.msccruises.com

EGGS-TREMELY LUXURIOUS LEAVE the bank holiday crowds far behind and whisk yourself away to the five-star Le Meridien Limassol spa and Resort in Cyprus. You can laze by the pool, be lulled to sleep by the sound of the waterfalls or book yourself in for an indulgent treatment at Le Spa. Olympic Holidays has availability on Gatwick departures on March 26. Two adults and one child sharing a twin pool and sea view room costs £900 per adult and £272 per child. Call 0870 429 4141 or visit www.olympicholidays.co.uk

MINI ACORNS AND EASTER EGGS ACORN Hotels, which specialise in the Balearics, are offering some package deals for couples and families over Easter. Why not take the children to the 2km long stunning beach front location of the Acorn Hotel, Sumba, Cala Millor, Majorca, for a long Easter weekend break from March 25-29 for four nights? The price is approximately £214 per person based on two adults sharing a double room. Acorns are also offering a 50 per cent reduction for children aged two to 15. Call 0208 9914531 or log on to www.acorn-hotels.com. WEIGH IT UP WITH WAYMARK CROSS-country skiing is one of the most challenging cardio-vascular workouts and Norway in March offers plentiful snow and brilliant sunshine. Waymark Holidays has availability on its seven-night guided trips to Sjusjeon (departing March 20 or 27), Hallingen (March 19 and 26) and will give you a chance to try snowshoeing and dog-sledding as well. Prices start at £630 per person. Call 01753 516477 or visit www.waymarkholidays.com

EGGSCAPE to Budapest TREAT yourself to a city break this Easter. With flights from only £79 return to Budapest with Malev Hungarian Airlines, this romantic and cultural capital could make the ideal retreat. Heathrow to Budapest from just £58 per person (excl charges). Call 0870 9090577 or log on to www.malev.com

JET OFF TO THE BIG APPLE German travel centre is offering flight-only deals to New York for just £290 per person from the UK, travelling via Frankfurt. Call 0208 4292 2900 or log on to www.german-travel-uk.com AN EGG-STRAORDINARY EASTER ENJOY a once-in-a-lifetime experience with a cruise to the South Pacific, sailing from the shores of New Zealand with ports of call including the Bay of Islands, Port Villa, Suva, Tin Can Island, Bora Bora and Papeete before arriving in Los Angeles. Prices for this 20-night cruise, departing on March 16, start at £2,950 per person. Call voyages of Discovery on 01444 462150 or visit www.voyagesofdiscovery.com

Eggs-ellent Entertainment Less than £40 per person for an Easter weekend break with lots of entertainment and activities thrown in at every Haven and British Holidays Park this Easter. Try traditional egg rolling, Easter Bonnet parades and egg hunts. Haven and British Holidays have 34 parks in lovely locations around the UK.

VALUE FOR MONEY Book a three-day Easter weekend break from March 25 at Berwick Holiday Village in Northumberland or Riviere Sands in Cornwall and standard accommodation will cost from just £149 for a family of four. If you can wait until Monday, March 28 to start your break, the price drops to just £99. Call 0870 242 2222 or visitwww.havenholidays.com